Of course. I gladly accept buddy requests from anyone however that doesn't mean I talk to every single person I accept, rofl.

My basis is simple, message me and I'll reply back. If I don't know you and you don't message me or anything after adding me I couldn't care less. I just won't know that you exist therefore I won't bother starting a conversation.

I can already estimate that 91% of the people on my Buddy List on CR has never actually spoken to me. To be honest, I have only sent ~16 buddy requests to people simply because I know them in some form or way. The rest are random people that decide to add me for no apparent reason.